APTR Preventive Medicine and Public Health Fellowship Program

Fellowship Title:

Sponsoring CDC Center:

Center
for Surveillance, Epidemiology and Laboratory Services (CSELS); Division
of Scientific Education, Professional Development (DSEPD); Public Health Practice and Policy (PHPP) Branch

Project Focus Area:

The
project focus area will be workforce development/education and training. The APTR
fellow will be assigned to the PHPP Branch which houses 4 fellowships: Prevention
Effectiveness (i.e., Economics focus); Preventive Medicine Fellowship; Public
Health Informatics Fellowship Program; and Presidential Management Fellowship
(i.e., management & leadership). The
project will entail exposure to 4 fellowships that provide applied public
health practice and policy experiences to CDC fellows.

Center Background and Objectives:

DSEPD
[www.cdc.gov/osels/scientific_edu] provides leadership in public health training and education, and manages
innovative, evidence-based programs to prepare the health workforce to meet
public health challenges of the 21st century. DSEPD is CDC’s lead office for
public health workforce development; activities include:

Develops
a diverse workforce through CDC-sponsored internships and fellowships, where
participants provide service while they learn

Directs
programs that engage students (K-12, undergraduate) and health professionals in
considering public health as a career

Conducts
training in core public health sciences, as well as providing curricula,
consultation, and technical assistance

Conducts
workforce-related research and ensures the use of best practices for
professional development programs

Works
with partners in academia, state and local health agencies, and professional
organizations to address training and educational needs

Project Description:

The
APTR fellow will have an opportunity to learn and contribute to the following
projects:

1. Interprofessional Education

Conduct
a literature review on existing and emerging interprofessional educational
(IPE) models for didactic and practice based learning.